This weekend the Cincinnati Zoo made headlines after a small three-year old boy fell into an animal enclosure Sunday [May 29, 2016] where an endangered western lowland silverback gorilla was shot and killed for fear that the young boy’s life was in danger. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information While zoo officials explained that this was the […]
It was Saturday [May 28, 2016] that the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden had little choice but to shoot and kill a western lowland gorilla after a four year old boy slipped and fell into the animal’s enclosure after crawling through a barrier. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information According to Zoo director Thane Maynard at a press briefing following […]
Marco Rubio and Donald Trump, once bitter rivals, are on the road to recovery as the two seem to be building a new alliance as Trump heads into his role as the Republican nominee. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Rubio’s recent decision to speak on behalf of Trump at the Republican convention has seemed a bit suspicious in […]
The most “racist” ad ever? That’s what many are calling a recent advertisement for China’s Qiaobi laundry detergent. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Featuring a Black man and a Chinese woman, the ad begins with the two flirting and looking at each other suggestively. As the Black man leans in for a kiss, the woman pops […]
Three white former football players in southern Idaho have been charged with the brutal assault of a Black teammate. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Former players of Dietrich High School, John R.K. Howard, 18, and Tanner Ward, 17, now face charges from the state attorney general’s office with felony forcible penetration by use of a foreign object—a […]
According to a new study conducted by Suzanne C. Swan, an associate professor of psychology at the University of South Carolina, nearly eight percent of college students have experienced having their drinks spiked with drugs, with another 1.4 percent saying they had or knew someone who has spiked someone else’s drink. “These data indicate that […]
It was Monday [May 23, 2016] that the United States Supreme Court overturned the 1987 conviction of Timothy Tyrone Foster after finding Georgia prosecutors unlawfully excluded any Black potential jurors which resulted in an all-white jury condemning Foster to his death 30 years ago. It was then that an 18-year old Foster was convicted of […]
Amid heightening tensions between the nation’s Black Lives Matter movement and supporters of law enforcement, Louisiana is set to approve a bill that will now place police officers, firefighters and EMS officers in a classification protected by hate crime laws. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Louisiana House Bill 953, also dubbed the “Blue Lives Matter” […]
As the National Urban League’s annual publication, the State of Black America serves as a source for immense insight into the racial equality, or lack thereof, that Blacks face within the areas of economics, social justice, education, and health. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Now in its 40th edition, the report reveals just how far black […]
On May 20, 2016, the World Health Organization confirmed the strain of the Zika Virus, which has infected somewhere around 7,500 people throughout the archipelago of Cape Verde off the western coast of Africa, is the same strain that has infected America. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Linked to neurological disorders, US health officials are saying 279 pregnant […]
San Francisco’s Chief of Police Gregory P. Suhr saw his last day as chief on Thursday [May 19, 2015] as tensions far surpassed the boiling point when a police officer fatally shot a 27-year old black woman, the third killing since December involving the police force. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Amid a federal investigation due […]
This morning, officials announced that EgyptAir flight MS804 lost contact with radar, and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea somewhere near the Greece around 174 miles off the Egyptian coast. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information While Greece banned flights from travelling within a 40-mile radius of the flight’s last point of signal, rescue teams from Egypt, France, and […]
Announced Monday [May 16, 2015], a cancer patient who had his penis partially amputated has received the breakthrough of a lifetime after undergoing the United States’ first successful penis transplant in Boston, MA. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information It was four years ago that the patient, a now 64-year-old Thomas Manning, had part of his […]
According to the Associated Press, the artist behind the President Barack Obama “HOPE” poster, Shepard Fairey, recently spoke about his feelings towards the President. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Nearly eight years after the Black Senator from Illinois was voted into the White House, Fairey says Obama went “quiet on a lot of things.” “I think […]
Earlier this year, we began to get word of the developing motion picture adaptation of Marvel’s Black Panther. Recently, as more news has rolled out surrounding the cast–both established and potential members–the people have already spoken. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The verdict? It’s lit. As Chadwick Boseman is set to reprise the role he […]
The Obama administration is set to issue guidance today [Friday, May 13, 2015] directing public schools and public colleges and universities to allow transgender students to use bathrooms matching the gender with which they identify. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information It is in a joint letter from both the Departments of Education and Justice that will be delivered […]
Hillary Clinton is wasting no time when it comes to Donald Trump. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information While Trump’s race is over and won, Hillary Clinton still has to deal with Bernie Sanders and the Democratic National Convention, but that isn’t keeping her from getting an early start on the opponent that she’s presumably poised […]
It was Tuesday [May 10] that West Point officials announced that they will not be taking any disciplinary action against the 16 Black female cadets who posed with raised fists in uniform for a photo that sparked an intense debate on whether or not the photo violated any Defense Department regulations. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more […]
“Let’s get to work.” Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information This was the phrase uttered by Ferguson, Missouri’s first African-American police chief, Delrish Moss, promising hope and the reconstruction of a community broken by a deepening racial rift and an unmistakable lack of trust of law enforcement. It was Monday [May 9] that Moss, a longstanding veteran of […]
The U.S Military Academy has launched an inquiry into a photo released recently showing 16 Black female cadets from the graduating class with their fists in the air. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information It is campus tradition that a group of cadets dress up in traditional dress uniforms to take a portrait, mirroring the history […]
